Mr Reid said it would offer the chance of swift resolution to challenging problems where other means appeared to have been exhausted.

It will also intervene where there is evidence of insufficient action being taken by local agencies. Mr Reid said: "Anti-social behaviour ruins lives and fragments communities - particularly those in some of the most deprived areas of our country.

"We should and will be unremitting in our efforts to drive up standards of behaviour and enforce a culture of respect, for the benefit of all."

Each squad's recommendations will be passed to the chairman of the local crime and disorder reduction partnership.

A copy of the squad's assessment will be made available to the public to reinforce residents' power to demand action. It just seems so gimmicky. Although the spread of best practice and support is to be encouraged, this squad will hardly have the time or the resources to really deal with the complex problems facing many communities. If the Home Secretary is serious about tackling Anti-Social behaviour he should increase the resources available to Crime and Disorder Partnerships and start funding more frontline Police Officers. It might also help that if this squad is going to deal with Wales that it includes somebody who has knowledge of what it is like to live here, especially given the Home Office's past record on these matters.

It doesn't necessarily show your age, it was still in useage when I was at school in the mid-nineties... (all it required was a few pupils to have parents who showed it to them I think).I certainly knew of the sketch long before I ever saw it (don't think I've seen it in full yet, even now)

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